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We'll never get clear statistics on this, but at some point it will be possible to start making judgements on whether keeping this data (and making it available
by rikkus 12y ago
We'll never get clear statistics on this, but at some point it will be possible to start making judgements on whether keeping this data (and making it available to the public) is a net negative or positive.
My gut tells me that it's a negative, but my head tells me there is, or will be, no real way to stop it being collected, even if it's not public bodies doing the collection.
- picks_at_nits 12y ago> even if it's not public bodies doing the collection There already are private companies that drive around scanning license plates and selling access to the data. One of their “use cases” is selling the data to “repo men.”
- maxerickson 12y agoAre there dedicated vehicles doing it? I had the idea that tow trucks were using the scanners and sharing data, I hadn't heard about anything dedicated to plate scanning. Edit: This article mentions "purpose-built camera cars": http://www.caranddriver.com/features/screen-plate-club-how-license-plate-scanning-compromises-your-privacy-feature http://www.caranddriver.com/features/screen-plate-club-how-l...
- rikkus 12y agoThat's the sort of thing I was expecting to happen. Ouch.
- Lawtonfogle 12y agoBack when homosexuality was considered really bad, imagine if all this tech had existed. How would history for LGBT rights have been different if we could find and imprison all homosexuals instead of them being able to hide, organize, and fight for their rights?